It uses jet engines and smart planning. The team tests it in real life and in wind tunnels. This robot could soon help in disaster zones or repairs where people cannot work safely.

For the first time in the world, a humanoid robot fitted with a jetpack has shown it can fly. The breakthrough is a ...

As well as strapping a twin-jet pack to its back, the team also sacrificed the original robot's flexible human-like hands in favor of more fire-breathing JetCats. Thrust is said to max out at ...

The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) has reached a groundbreaking milestone in humanoid robotics by demonstrating the first flight of iRonCub3, the world's first jet-powered flying humanoid ...

The robot was able to take off with its movable jet engines and enter a stable hovering flight. However, the height reached was only a few centimeters.

In a major leap for robotics, an Italian-made humanoid robot has successfully achieved controlled jet-powered flight, with AI guiding its every move. Business Today Desk Updated Jun 20, 2025 1:01 ...

This is the dramatic moment a jet-powered humanoid robot successfully took flight in Italy, hovering around 50 cm off the ground while maintaining perfect balance. Footage shows the robot, named ...

Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington, may be known for its horse racing, but on Sunday (June 29), it hosted the annual T-Rex ...

In communist Poland, the radio gave Agnieszka Pilat's family hope. Now, as an artist and techno-optimist, she hopes her portraits of robots and machines will change minds about the future of tech.

Researchers have concluded that the failure of robots, which can’t outrun animals, doesn’t come down to shortfalls in any one piece of machinery, like batteries or actuators.

American defense contractor Bell was selected by DARPA to move forward with the build of its aircraft for the Speed and ...